Women across Europe and Asia shouted their demands for equality, respect and empowerment to mark International Women's Day, with protesters in Spain launching a 24-hour strike and crowds of demonstrators filling the streets of Manila, Seoul and New Delhi

It was a complete rebuff issued with blinding speed: Less than 24 hours after President Obama went on national television on Friday to warn Vladimir Putin that “there will be costs for any military intervention,” Russia’s military seized total control of Crimea. It’s embarrassing for...

Gay individuals and those who were said to be gay in a Uganda tabloid report today could be "at risk in their local community," according to a human rights expert who has watched the anti-gay political movement in the country spread. The English-language tabloid Red Pepper published a list this

INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — President Obama today criticized Uganda’s new anti-gay legislation, which Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has said he will sign. In a statement released by the White House, Obama said he is “deeply disappointed” that Uganda is poised to ban gay relationships, warning...

SYRIA -BIG PICTURE…It’s a sad day for anyone searching for silver linings or diplomatic hopes in Syria. Whatever one thinks – or thought – of U.N. envoy Kofi Annan and his mediation effort, the fact is that he’s done, and as many have said over...